#10 LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: Why do I laugh out loud after a spectacular orgasm?
Well you know what they say… have a lot of good sex… laugh out loud after.
When one of you asked me this question on my instagram, I have never related so hard to a question before. I am a fellow giggler. And not that I am laughing at the situation, it’s just such an immediate response beyond multiple orgasms. It’s like orgasm, orgasm, tiny orgasm, big orgasm, giggle. It’s the sequence and I just do not know why!
But for the sake of this article, I did a deep dive so we can know more about our bodies.
When we orgasm, the body experiences a lot of different reactions and releases a myriad of hormones. Particularly in the genital area, these can include flushed skin, warmth, muscle spasms to name a few. This can also extend to non-genital areas like the face, neck and chest. And overall, the body tenses up quite a bit before the big climax.
The emotions experienced after leave one usually feeling happy and relaxed (this is different if you have post-coital dysphoria). Most people actually go to sleep right after. The intensity and duration can vary but ultimately the symptoms remain the same. More importantly, the brain squirts out a lot of dopamine and oxytocin. Dopamine is the happy hormones and oxytocin is regarded as the love hormone.
It’s possible the combination of muscle tension and happy hormones that lead one to cry or laugh as a form of relief. It is purely chemical and nothing to do with an emotion or moment per say. And it is not restrictive to one gender over the other.
If they laugh, they are not laughing at you, they are simply laughing.
Nothing is sad or funny, but the cocktail of physical and emotional symptoms lead our bodies to react in that particular way!
To summarize:
Laughing after sex is normal.
Your partner is not laughing at you.
Crying after sex is not a bad thing (please don’t dump them, it’s really not their fault).
Orgasms are powerful enough to evoke a complex reaction.
Did you find this useful? If so, comment below with an experience similar to this. Maybe we can start a post-orgasm gigglers club, I’ll chair.
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